"So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you."
Thank you Jesus, You are our ever present help in time of need no matter what fears have come to us.
The Resurrection has appeared and we have loved Him, and He is coming again. May we all learn what that means individually and together. May we come to know Him, Jesus Christ. The incarnation of God. The perfect imprint of His very nature. He is beautiful. He is Love.
The Rabbi Paul counted everything he had ever achieved in Judaism as utter rubbish.
circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
He called it all rubbish...what's your list look like?
Why was it rubbish? What was he willing to lose everything for? To know Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) and the Father that sent Him. So it is not through the Law that one attains to a right standing before God, but a covenant faithfulness that comes by faith in Messiah, Jesus.
Why do we do what we do?
So that we may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; So that we may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
We aren't perfect yet, but we press on toward it, we reach for it, we strive for it because He has taken hold of us. And through the mystery of His grace and the hope that is in us He will bring it to completion.
As we experience the resurrection in our midst, as we strive to attain to the fullness thereof in the power of the Holy Spirit, let us lay aside every hindrance, let us be knit together by grace in true spiritual fellowship.
And let us remember that there are three that testify...and yes they still do!...Have you believed the testimony of men today? The testimony of God is greater! It is by the water, by the blood and by the Spirit and the three are in agreement. The Spirit answers the Roman procurator's question, "What is Truth". The Spirit is Truth.
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ This is the true God and eternal life.
May the Resurrection and the Life fill the earth...in the beginning God the Father told the first Adam to go, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. Look! He makes the last things as the first...in the Resurrection, Jesus Christ, He said go, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. The first Adam was from the earth, the second from heaven. See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. Think about it seriously, if those did not escape wrath when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN." Why? Because of His great Love! Because those things which can be shaken, are created by evil men, and He will see to it that only those things which cannot be shaken will remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;for our God is a consuming fire.
May the prayer of our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ be realized and manifested in you and in your faith community.
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